GRE Word List

PHOENIX

a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period

The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.

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WordMeaning
chipa small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
percussionthe act of percussing: such as
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
clipencompass
recountto relate in detail : narrate
singularof or relating to a separate person or thing : individual
embellishto make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate
dawdleto spend time idly
prolongto lengthen in time : continue